Approving Students for Testing

After students sign in and select tests, you must verify that their settings and accessibility supports are correct before approving them for testing. When students are awaiting approval, the Approvals tab becomes active and shows you how many students are awaiting approval.

The TA Site limits the maximum number of students that can join a given test session. If you receive an error message indicating this limit is exceeded, a separate user will need to set up an additional test session for the remaining students.
If a test contains segments requiring TA approval, you must also follow this procedure when approving students' entry to test segments.

To approve students for testing:

1.Once students request approval, a notification appears on the Approvals tab. Open this tab to view a table of students awaiting approval.

2.To check a student's test settings and accessibility supports, click for that student. The student’s information appears in the Test Settings window. This window groups test settings by their area of need.

a.If any settings are incorrect, update them as required. Students should not begin testing until their settings are correct.

Alert: When approving students for testing, you must update the editable settings in this window, rather than in TIDE. You must update the read-only settings in TIDE.

b.Do one of the following:

To confirm the settings, click Set. You will still need to approve the student for testing.
To confirm the settings and approve the student, click Set & Approve. Students can begin testing once you approve them.

3.Repeat step 2 for each student on the Approvals tab.

Note: The Approvals tab does not automatically refresh. To update the list of students awaiting approval, click Refresh at the top of the window.

4.Optional: To deny a student access to the test, click for that student. In the window that appears, enter an optional reason for denying the student and click Deny. The student receives the denial explanation and is logged out. They can still request access to the test again.

5.To approve students from the Approvals tab, click in the Actions column to approve an individual student, or click Approve All Students to approve every student currently listed in the table.